We don't to be some kind of rock supergroup for the sake of being a supergroup. You want to change things and say something fresh and new so you appeal to people as a new group.

We've had a problem finding a vocalist. We have not been lucky yet to find the one. I think the problem is that the three of us have such a pedigree of vocalist, that if we come out with someone that's not good we'll obviously be slated!

They amaze me most of those remixes. Some of them are crap. But every time I complain, someone comes up and says they are for a different market that you don't understand. Some of the New Order ones are really great, though.

The chemistry involved made everything Factory did quite special.

We need to talk about what we are going to do and see and decide. We'll have to wait and see.

I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.

It's the same misconception I used to have. I meet people and think they're millionaires and they're not.

When you balance it against New Order, New Order don't work or tour relentlessly. We definitely work in our own way and sometimes it's a bit too slow for me, so I like to plan ahead and fill my time up.

Actually when we stopped New Order I was busier than ever. The only gaps have been while we've been writing.

It's quite ironic I suppose, it's that thing about being in a group when you all start out as friends and then invariably end up hating each other. So I just thought they needed telling really, in case they were labouring under the apprehension that they were still friends.

But then I quite enjoy when something goes wrong, because when I watch DJs that take it very seriously, it's nice when you make a mistake and laugh about it.

And they do tend to be fast and up, because that's how I like to drive.

That's it really, at the moment I wouldn't say I was influenced by any one thing in particular.

Most people have just heard Joy Division on record. And Joy Division on record was completely different than it was live.

'Unknown Pleasures' is a very important record for me. It was the first LP that I recorded.

I don't find imitating other people's music easy at all. I remember being fifth in line for a Rolling Stones tour, early '90s, when Bill Wyman left, and I was hoping against hope that I wouldn't get the call to audition. I wouldn't be able to play a Stones song if you put a gun to my head.

I look back on Joy Division very fondly indeed. I know that, of course, the band came to a tragic end, but that does not change the fact that Joy Division was a great band to be a part of.

I regularly go to concerts with my children sharing the music.

I'm one of those old cynics that thinks, whoever you vote for, the government always gets in.

When I play a gig and look out at the audience, you're literally looking at a sea of Joy Division T-shirts.

I just like keeping busy and having ten things on the go.

It's really nice to be able to do what I'm doing without having to compromise with another musician.

People go and hide, but I don't. I'm a fighter.

There are lots of Joy Division songs that are so powerful when played live, some of which we did either never play or played very rarely.